‘Government Meddling’ Cloud on PhD as Maharashtra Central University Cancels Executive Council Meet
Basant Kumar Mohanty | 11 January 2025 | The Telegraph
A central university in Maharashtra cancelled a crucial meeting of its executive council (EC) on Thursday, plunging the PhD admission process into uncertainty and triggering speculation about interference from the education ministry to shield a former faculty member and a suspended registrar mired in allegations of irregularity from adverse action.
The EC at the Mahatma Gandhi Antarrashtriya Hindi Vishwa Vidyalaya (MGAHV) was supposed to take a decision on resuming PhD admission, which has been put on hold over allegations of irregularities in the conduct of the entrance test….